T-00:05:00
Flight: "Okay. All flight controllers
coming up on auto sequence, Booster, how are you?."
Booster: "We're go, Flight."
Flight: "EECom?"
EEcom: "Go, Flight."
Flight: "GNC?"
GNC: "Go, Flight."
Flight: "Telcom?"
Telcom: "Go, Flight."
Flight: "Control?"
Control: "Go."
Flight: "Network, got it there?"
Network: "That's affirmative,
Flight."
Flight: "Okay."
T-00:03:07
Booster: "Auto sequence initiated,
Flight."
Flight: "Roger."
Booster: "Flight, Booster."
Flight: "Go."
Booster: "S-IVB prepress complete."
Flight: "Roger."
T-00:00:50
Booster: "Flight, Booster. S1C pre-press
complete, and we're on internal power, and we're go."
Flight: "Roger. How's it look EECom? You
got your spacecraft..." (interrupted by EECom)
EECom: "Looks good, Flight."
Flight: "Okay. MCC (Mission Control
Center) recorders to flight speed."
T-00:00:08 -
"...eight, ignition sequence has started, six, five, four,
three..."
Booster: "Ignition, Flight."
Flight: "Roger."
Control: "Clock start, Flight."
Flight: "Roger."
T-00:00:02 - "
...two, one..."
LIFTOFF!!!
Get ready to explore our Solar System! You will be flying
(driving) 3,720,000,000 miles (40 miles) from The Sun (the Sun can
be visited in the entryway at Folsom Hall at The University of
Maine at Presque Isle) to Pluto within the largest complete
three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in the
World. While this cache goes hand in had with GCQCX1
- Out Of This World : Inner Solar System Cache, they are two
different caches that can be done with an 80 mile round trip
(Presque Isle to Houlton, then Houlton to Presque Isle).
Your exploration starts in Presque Isle at Mercury. You will
then drive South on US Rt. 1 to the remaining planets.
You will need to visit each planet and solve a riddle to obtain a
clue. That clue will then be used in a coordinate to find the final
cache that is located in Houlton. The clues are obtained from a
standard sign at each planet.
| PLANET |
COORDINATES |
RIDDLE (enter answer in next
column) |
ANSWER (LETTER) |
ANSWER (NUMBER) |
| Mercury |
N46° 40.107' W068° 00.726' |
5th letter in 5th word |
! equals |
|
| Venus |
N46° 39.849' W068° 00.604' |
3rd letter in 2nd word |
@ equals |
|
| Earth |
N46° 39.465' W068° 00.390' |
2nd letter in 6th word |
# equals |
|
| Mars |
N46° 39.170' W068° 00.246' |
1st letter in 2nd word |
$ equals |
|
| Jupiter |
N46° 36.202' W067° 58.352' |
1st letter in 9th word |
% equals |
|
| Saturn |
N46° 32.903' W067° 55.559' |
1st letter in 8th word |
^ equals |
|
| Uranus |
N46° 25.175' W067° 50.595' |
2nd letter in 5th word |
* equals |
|
| Neptune |
N46° 15.641' W067° 50.449' |
4th letter in 5th word |
+ equals |
|
| Pluto |
N46° 08.453' W067° 50.522' |
1st letter in 1st word |
? equals |
|
Use the key below to translate your ANSWER (LETTER) into numbers
and insert them into the ANSWER (NUMBER) column above:
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
|
0 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
(letter above equals number below)
Now use the numbers from the ANSWER (NUMBER) above to solve this
coordinate for the cache.
N46° !#.$*^ W067° 5@.+?%
This cache is an ammo can full of goodies, including a couple
BookCrossing books. Please make sure you rehide the cache real
good! Enjoy!!